## **Fegg Hayes Futures** (Registered Charity number: 1166120) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024** |**Page**|**Contents**| |---|---| |2|Reference and administrative details| |3 - 4|Trustees’ annual report| |5|Independent examiner’s report| |6|Receipts & payments account| |7|Statement of assets & liabilities| |8-11|Notes to the accounts| ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Reference and administrative details for the year ended 31 March 2024** **Full name** Fegg Hayes Futures **Also known as** FHF **Registered Charity number** 1166120 **Principal address** The Hub Fegg Hayes Road Stoke-on-Trent ST6 6QR **Trustees** Pam Heath Chair from September 2023, Secretary until September 2023 Georgina Dawes Resigned August 2023 Paula Breckenridge Nigel Brown Alison Crichton Jean Machin Raymond Perry **Bankers** Lloyds Bank 7 Carter Street Uttoxeter Staffordshire ST14 8HD **Independent examiner** Daryl Denson ACMA The Dudson Centre Hope Street Stoke-on-Trent ST1 5DD 2 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2024** The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024. ## **Governance and management** The charity is a CIO operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 18 March 2016 and amended 14 October 2019. The CIO was registered with the Charity Commission on 18 March 2016 and commenced its operation on 11 April 2016. ## **Public Benefit** The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. ## **Aims and objectives** To further or benefit the residents of Fegg Hayes and the surrounding area, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations, in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation, with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents. In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the Trustees shall have the power to establish or secure an establishment of a community centre and to maintain, manage or co-operate with any statutory authority, in the maintenance and management of such a centre, for the activities promoted by the Charity in furtherance of the above objects. ## **Methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new Trustees** Fegg Hayes Methodist Church Council may appoint three trustees. Other trustees are elected by the membership. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken** At our venue, the Hub@ST6 we host or run a variety of activities across the week that offer something for all ages in the immediate and wider community. This includes two different parent and toddler groups, school holiday activity sessions, a lunch club for older people, drop-in sessions with free refreshments and after school clubs for children and young people. Our team continues to partner with other organisations and we have developed working relationships with more agencies as we have increased the specialised support we offer for people alongside our programme of activity sessions. We continue to be a ‘lifeline’ at the heart of the community and this is becoming more evident with the amount of referrals we have from family support workers, social workers and schools. In terms of our programme of activities we continue to develop it in response to demand from the community and identified needs. The community lounge has expanded, with a wider range of agencies attending to offer support on various issues to local residents. Having the lounge means local residents do not need to travel across the city for support and residents without digital access do not have to try and navigate the council’s call centre. The craft sessions as part of the Place of Welcome have expanded to accommodate visiting artists and several workshops have taken place with needle felting, clay, silk painting, lip balm and bath bombs making and card making all well received. The craft group continue to make items for donation and have been busy making hygiene packs for local schools and colleges and tote bags for fundraising as well as lots of prem baby items for the local hospital and table decorations for Christmas events. . 3 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken (continued)** We continue to work closely with the Together for Childhood team and this has facilitated improved relationships with the local schools who now reach out to us with families that require support and where possible, we try to engage the schools in any projects that fit with their age groups. The Together for Childhood team have supported us with exploring our safeguarding ethos and culture and are providing us with help to produce an ‘easy read’ safeguarding policy to run alongside our main policy and a leaflet to include in our hygiene packs. The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. ## **Summary of the main achievements during the period** Having a wide remit, supporting all the community, it is difficult to summarise our achievements when we work with such a diverse range of people. Some people are only helped on a one-off basis where as others are involved in activities 3 or 4 times a week. However, below are a few key achievements from the past year. • We engaged with around 400 people per week from all sectors of society. This number rose during the school holidays when we run extra activities for families. • We continued to be a community-led organisation. Part of our vision statement is to grow a community of participants, not recipients. Surveys show that we are delivering this as many people state that they feel they don’t just attend things at the Hub but feel they can have a sense of ownership and influence on what is offered and how it is offered. • Our volunteer team continued to grow and individual volunteers become more involved in the day to day running of the hub as well as becoming part of other initiatives locally and across the city. We have had 12-16 people engaging with the Community Health Champion Initiative and we were asked to be the host of the Christmas get together for all Health Champions across the city. • We have continued to develop a number of partnerships including our work with B-Arts. This year our 6th annual lantern parade attracted new participants as well as giving existing community lantern makers the opportunity to develop their skills. The New Futures youth sessions are well attended, attracting a diverse group of young people, a number of whom find engagement with organised group activities. During the summer we held a variety of workshops for all ages that culminated in putting on a community play. The show took the format of a traditional travelling mystery play and the cast included a number of people who had never performed before including one gentleman in his 70s and a wheelchair user. • New partnerships developed across the year include with the Council’s anti-social behaviour team, Step On, Revival, local social prescribers, the community diabetic nursing team and Nuffield Health. • First Christmas day meal held for residents on their own. Another addition to our Christmas programme this year was afternoon tea with Santa for pensioners. Older residents enjoyed a tasty afternoon tea, got a present off Santa and received a photo memento of their afternoon. All the photos were taken by members of our photography club, who also helped record other events during the year including our community play and lantern parade. 4 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Trustees’ annual report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **The organisation’s policy on reserves** Unrestricted reserves at the year end were £42,014 which was made up of £20,118 of general unrestricted reserves, £147 designated for staff salaries from an unrestricted grant, £1,534 for food support during the cost of living crisis and £215 for older people’s trips (2023: £43,694 included within the £43,694 was £4,299 which was designated for staff salaries from an unrestricted grant and £957 for food support during the cost of living crisis). The £20,000 agreed level of unrestricted reserves has been set to cover 6 months running costs if for any reason we weren’t able to operate as a community Hub, staff redundancy, replacement of IT equipment and closure costs in the event that our operations became unsustainable or we decided to cease running the Hub. General unrestricted reserves at the year end were £20,118. In the current difficult economic climate £20,000 has also been set aside in a designated Salaries fund in case it is required for staff salaries in the event of a failure to secure the required levels of external funding. Signed on behalf of the Trustees: Pam Heath 30/01/25 Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________ Pam Heath (Jan 30, 2025 18:42 GMT) Pam Heath Chair 5 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of Fegg Hayes Futures for the year ended 31 March 2024** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages 7 to 12. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** As the charity’s trustees of Fegg Hayes Futures you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Fegg Hayes Futures’ accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in respect of Fegg Hayes Futures as required by - section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with those records; or • the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 31/01/25 Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ Daryl Denson ACMA VAST 6 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024** |**Receipts**
Grants & donations
Charitable activities
Room hire
Events and catering
Fundraising
Bank interest
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Salaries and associated costs
Charitiable activities
Hub running costs
Facilities hire
Events
Catering
Volunteer and staff expenses
Equipment
Training
Office expenses
Licences and subscriptions
Legal & professional fees
Fundraising costs
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments) before transfers**
**Transfers between funds**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
Cash funds at start of this period
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
4,596
9,483
4,996
302
3,510
748
**23,635**
6,206
4,983
11,177

350
-
350
223
61
261

49
154
954
540
**25,308**

1,673)
(
7)
(
**1,680)**
**(**
43,694
**42,014**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
56,405
1,013

-

-

267
-

**57,685**
33,318
20,657
2,232
710
9,155
75
3,166
3,854
-
260
361
338
-
**74,126**
16,441)
(
7
**16,434)**
**(**
44,962
**28,528**|**2024**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
61,001

10,496
4,996
302
3,777
748
**81,320**
39,524
25,640
13,409
1,060
9,155
425
3,389
3,915
261
309
515
1,292
540
**99,434**
18,114)
(
-
**18,114)**
**(**
88,656
**70,542**|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
88,329
12,940
6,593
160
5,237
125| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||113,384| |||||35,772
12,994
15,573
2,240
4,423
327
718
740
-
616
719
878
1,108| |||||76,108| |||||37,276
-| |||||37,276
51,380| |||||88,656| 7 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2024** |**Cash assets**
Bank Accounts|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
70,542
88,656| |---|---| ||**70,542**
**88,656**| £42,014 (2023: £43,694) of the cash held is in unrestricted funds and £28,528 (2023: £44,962) in restricted funds. These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: Pam Heath Signed ___________________________________ Pam Heath (Jan 30, 2025 18:42 GMT) Pam Heath Chair 30/01/25 Dated ___________ 8 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **1. Funds analysis** |**Restricted funds**
Tudor Trust - Wellbeing
Stoke North Big Local
Stoke on Trent City Council - Ward
Budget
Stoke on Trent City Council Ward
Budget - Christmas Dinner
Stoke on Trent City Council Ward
Budget - Little Ducks
Stoke on Trent City Council Ward
Budget - Youth Activities
Adult Social Care
Community Health Champions Partner
Grants
The Henry Smith Charity
Arts Council National Lottery
Neighbourly Warm Communities
Stewardship Warm Welcome Spaces
Hubb Club
ASDA Cost of Living
Cadent Volunteering
Coalfields Regeneration Trust
Know Your Neighbourhood - Creative
Lives
Lidl Community Fund
Lidl Hygiene Poverty Fund
SNBL - Christmas afternoon tea
SNBL - Craft Club
SNBL - Hygiene
SNBL - Playgroup
SNBL - Summer Postcards
VAST Welcoming Spaces
Warm Welcome with Benefact Trust
Wedgwood Farm Defibrillator
Stoke on Trent City Council Winter Food
and Essential Supplies
**Unrestricted funds**
General Funds
**Designated Funds**
Tudor Trust
Cost of Living Fund
Older People's Trips
Salaries
Total funds|**Opening**
**Receipts (Payments)**
**Transfers**
**Closing**
**balance**
**balance**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
233

-

(233)
-

-
333

3,514

(3,846)
(1)
-
182
-
(181)
(1)
-
-
500
(500)
-

-
-
350
(283)
-

67
-

500
(213)
-

287
285
-

(285)
-

-
2,500
975
(3,000)
-

475
10,657
22,800
(23,275)
-
10,182
21,859
2,981
(24,847)
7
-
464
-
(465)
1
-
949
-
(949)
-
-
7,500
-
(7,500)
-
-
-

1,432
-
-

1,432
-
189
(189)
-
-
-
3,740
(1,783)
-
1,957
-
10,000
(87)
-
9,913
-

500
-
-
500
-

250
(250)
-

-
-
500
(501)
1
-
-
500
-
-
500
-
500
-
-
500
-
500
(183)
-
317
-

500
-

-
500
-

500
(500)
-
-
-

1,000
-
-

1,000
-
3,054
(3,054)
-
-

-
2,900
(2,002)
-
898| |---|---| ||**44,962**
**57,685**
**(74,126)**
**7**
**28,528**| ||38,438
22,463
(20,776)
(20,007)
20,118
4,299
(4,152)
-
147
957
958
(381)
-

1,534
215
215
20,000
20,000| ||**43,694**
**23,636**
**(25,309)**
**7**
**-**
**42,014**| ||| ||**88,656**
**81,321**
**(99,435)**
**-**
**70,542**| 9 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Notes to the accounts (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **Purpose of Funds** **Tudor Trust – Wellbeing** - to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing. **Stoke North Big Local** – Stoke North Big Local offers funding granted by National Big Lottery, for the purpose of providing funds to community groups and organisations in the Chell, Chell Heath and Fegg Hayes areas of Stoke-on-Trent. The funds are restricted to providing community projects and events, within the above mentioned areas. In the year ended 31 March 2024 £500 was given to each of the following; Christmas afternoon tea, craft club, hygiene, provide equipment for the Little Ducks playgroup and Summer Postcards. In the year ended 31 March 2023, funding was given to pay for booklet printing for a pilot growing project. **Stoke on Trent City Council Ward Budget** – In the year ended 31 March 2024, £500 was to provide a Christmas dinner for people who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day, £350 to support the Little Ducks playgroup and £500 to support youth activities. The balance at 1 April 2023 was for food provision for the after school club. **Adult Social Care Small Grants Scheme** – To fund ‘Bowling Together’ **Community Health Champions Partner Grants** – to engage with and support the Community Health Champions project for at least one year. The grant funding can be used flexibly to build capacity to allow time to engage in the project and to enable innovative ways of working with the organisation’s beneficiaries to help share positive health messaging. **The Henry Smith Charity** – A grant of £67,000 was awarded towards three years' running costs providing support to disadvantaged people in the north of Stoke-on-Trent. **Arts Council National Lottery** – Whitfield Valley Mysteries R&D is a 9-month programme co-created by diverse artists & community members from ex-mining areas Fegg Hayes & Chell. It explores post-carbon stories of change with the long-term aim of developing a large-scale site-responsive community performance & ongoing arts offer. **Hubb Foundation, Hubb Club** – this was not a grant but payment for work on a project to provide befriending services to people in the community. **Neighbourly Warm Communities Fund** – to support the welcome space and community lounge **Stewardship, Warm Welcome Spaces** – to support the welcome space and community lounge **ASDA Cost of Living** - to contribute half of the electricity and water costs and towards some volunteer meals for four months - **Cadent Volunteering** To provide volunteer support and resources towards growing an abundant community in Fegg Hayes and the surrounding area **Coalfields Regeneration Trust** – to provide a community lounge to offer support on a number of issues as well as learning and volunteering opportunities **Creative Lives Know your Neighbourhood** – to fund Fegg Hayes Cultural Quarter. **Lidl Community Fund** - to fund Growing an Abundant Community in Fegg Hayes and surrounding area **Lidl Hygiene Poverty Fund** - to fund Growing an Abundant Community in Fegg Hayes and surrounding area **Stoke North Big Local** – various funding pots to help fund Christmas afternoon tea for local residents, a craft club, hygiene products, the playgroup and summer holiday activities **VAST Welcoming Spaces Small Grant Programme** - to provide cost of living response activities 10 ## **Fegg Hayes Futures Notes to the accounts (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **Purpose of Funds (continued)** **Ward Budget Christmas Dinner** – to provide a Community Christmas Day Dinner. **Ward Budget Little Ducks** – funding to support the play group. **Ward Budget Youth Activities** to provide martial arts and creative activities for young people. **Warm Welcome with Benefact Trust** – to provide a warm, welcoming space for community use. **Wedgwood Farm Defibrillator Fund** – donations and fundraising activities to provide a defibrillator for the Wedgwood Farm Estate. **Stoke on Trent City - Council Winter food and Essential Supplies** - to fulfil community need during the winter months. ## **2. Trustee remuneration and related party transactions** No remuneration or expenses were paid to the trustees or any related party during the year. ## **Stoke North Big Local Partnership (SNBL)** Stoke North Big Local Partnership is made up of local residents, resident groups and agencies who work to improve the communities of Fegg Hayes, Great Chell and Chell Heath. Nigel Brown who is resident in the local area was involved with SNBL during the year but absent from any discussion concerning funding for Fegg Hayes Futures. During the year grants of £2,500 (2023: £135) were received by Fegg Hayes Futures from Stoke North Big Local. 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